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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 113444" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I think he should see a neuropsychologist. Sounds like both big brother and five year old have some really strong signs for autistic spectrum disorder. That can often be seen as ODD, but it really isn't--it's a frustrated child who is wired differently exploding with frustration. I don't know any other disorder in which a loss of speech is common. Also, many autistic kids appear friendly--they just don't know HOW to socialize. My son always appeared friendly. Every child with this is different. I'm not diagnosing him--just saying there are red flags. I wouldn't trust any school evaluation, and often Dev. Peds. won't diagnose this young. However, I'd want him to have Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interventions, no matter WHAT "they" say his diagnosis. is. My son wasn't diagnosed at five yet either, but I fought for the interventions anyways. I figured it couldn't hurt him and not getting them, if it turned out he had it later on, WOULD hurt him. He wasn't diagnosed until 11, but I knew it way before that, and he's doing great. I totally think the early interventions are what made him so high functioning. He isn't frustrated anymore or a behavior problem either. And this kid used to bite himself AND us--we really worried about how he would turn out. He's the world's sweetest teenager. Sometimes you kinda have to go with your gut. I'd want the oldest one evaluated too--they sound similar. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) wasn't diagnosed as much--they didn't know as much--sixteen years ago, which is why it took my fourteen year old so long to get diagnosed. We went from ADHD/ODD (and the medications) to bipolar disorder (and the heavy duty medications) to finally taking him on a trip to meet other kids with bipolar. He sure didn't act like them and a few parents asked if he could be autistic. We evaluated him again. He's been off medications for four years and never been better. He is indeed on the high end of the spectrum. Don't let any diagnosis scare you. I totally recommend getting your youngest interventions and maybe checking out the oldest too. My own preference for diagnosticians are NeuroPsychs because they do intensive testing. Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 113444, member: 1550"] I think he should see a neuropsychologist. Sounds like both big brother and five year old have some really strong signs for autistic spectrum disorder. That can often be seen as ODD, but it really isn't--it's a frustrated child who is wired differently exploding with frustration. I don't know any other disorder in which a loss of speech is common. Also, many autistic kids appear friendly--they just don't know HOW to socialize. My son always appeared friendly. Every child with this is different. I'm not diagnosing him--just saying there are red flags. I wouldn't trust any school evaluation, and often Dev. Peds. won't diagnose this young. However, I'd want him to have Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interventions, no matter WHAT "they" say his diagnosis. is. My son wasn't diagnosed at five yet either, but I fought for the interventions anyways. I figured it couldn't hurt him and not getting them, if it turned out he had it later on, WOULD hurt him. He wasn't diagnosed until 11, but I knew it way before that, and he's doing great. I totally think the early interventions are what made him so high functioning. He isn't frustrated anymore or a behavior problem either. And this kid used to bite himself AND us--we really worried about how he would turn out. He's the world's sweetest teenager. Sometimes you kinda have to go with your gut. I'd want the oldest one evaluated too--they sound similar. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) wasn't diagnosed as much--they didn't know as much--sixteen years ago, which is why it took my fourteen year old so long to get diagnosed. We went from ADHD/ODD (and the medications) to bipolar disorder (and the heavy duty medications) to finally taking him on a trip to meet other kids with bipolar. He sure didn't act like them and a few parents asked if he could be autistic. We evaluated him again. He's been off medications for four years and never been better. He is indeed on the high end of the spectrum. Don't let any diagnosis scare you. I totally recommend getting your youngest interventions and maybe checking out the oldest too. My own preference for diagnosticians are NeuroPsychs because they do intensive testing. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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